Muhammad Tabanja, one of the senior members of the Lions’ Den organization and one of the wanted figures, turned himself in earlier today (Monday) to the Palestinian security mechanisms.
In the last few weeks, the Lions’ Den carried out a series of deadly attacks in which soldiers and civilians were killed and injured.
Last Thursday, special forces of the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Mageb, entered Nablus and the villages of the Yosh Division and arrested 11 wanted persons, including two belonging to the ‘Gov Aryot’.
Troops from the Dovdvan unit and the Givati patrol, along with Shin Bet fighters, operated in the city of Nablus and arrested two wanted persons belonging to the ‘Gov Aryot’ terrorist infrastructure. During the operation, the troops fired at suspects who shot at them.
In the activity of IDF and MGB fighters in Kfar Zurif and the Daheisha refugee camp in the Etzion regional division, two wanted persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activity were arrested. During the activity, suspects threw stones and threw traffic bottles and explosives at the fighters, who responded with measures to disperse the demonstrations. Vulnerabilities have been detected.
The fighters also operated in the village of Abood in the Efraim regional division and arrested five wanted persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. In addition, the forces operated in the village of Bitonia and the Jilzon refugee camp in the Binyamin regional division, and arrested three wanted persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.
Also, another wanted person was arrested by the forces in the village of Ajah in the area of the Menashe regional division. The forces also operated in the village of Jiftlik in the area of the Bekaa and Emekim regional division, and arrested a wanted person suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.